Author: Brila

Lobi stars coach Kabir Suleiman Dogo has expressed delight at winning his first game for the club after Sunday’s 1-0 win over MFM FC of Lagos in one of the round two games of the 2020/21 NPFL season.

Rivers united goalkeeper Theophilus Afelokhai has stated that the Porthacourt based side will end well after a bright start to the 2020/21 NPFL season following the team’s second win of the season in two games coming away this time 1-0 away to Abia warriors.

Kwara United boss Abdullahi Biffo has stated that his side will not be carried away by the noise and accolades of her success following a shock 2-0 win over league defending Champion Plateau united on matchday one ahead of the visit of Enyimba on matchday two. 

President of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation Engr Tikon Ishaku has promised that the year 2021 will be a better year compared to 2020 after been largely disturbed by the Covid-19 pandemic which disrupted the Federation’s programs and activities. 

Former Nigeria international and member of the NFF Technical and development committee Mutiu Adpepoju has stated that he has high hopes for Nigerian Football in 2021 better than the fate that befell the game of Football in Nigeria in the outgone year 2020.

Rivers Hoopers Basketball club and Assistant national team coach D’Tigers Odaudu Ogoh has given a mixed rating to basketball in Nigeria for the year 2020 which he sees as zero club activities and little national team success with the D’Tigers bright start to the 2021 Afrobasket qualifiers.

Kano Pillars forward Nyima Nwagwa has stated that the return of the Nigeria Professional Football League on live broadcast on match days is a big source of joy to players in the NPFL witnessed in a number of matches in the opening round of the 2021 NPFL season.

Rivers united defender Ifeanyi Anaemena has stated that the victory of his side is a massive boost for the team’s confidence after getting their league campaign to a winning start with an impression made already in the early round of the team’s continental sojourn. 

Scribe of the Nigeria Football Federation Dr. Mohammed Sanusi has stated that he is hopeful of a better 2021 for Nigerian Football as everyone get set to usher in a new year following the Covid-19 pandemic that plagued the most part of the year 2020 with it attendant effects on the economy and all spheres of humanity in the year under review.

The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick has approved the recommendation of the League Management Company (LMC) for the appointment of Mr Davidson Owumi as the new Chief Executive Officer of the organizing body for the Nigeria Professional Football League.